Sentencing – Machner Hearing

By: Derek Hawkins//December 20, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Jesse J. Stevenson

Case No.: 2015AP1132-CR; 2015AP1133-CR

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ

Focus: Sentencing – Machner Hearing

In these consolidated appeals, Jesse Stevenson challenges his sentence stemming from two Brown County crime sprees, which primarily involved thefts. He also challenges the denial of his motion to modify his sentence. We conclude that by failing to request a Machner hearing, Stevenson has forfeited any claim that his attorney performed deficiently at his sentencing hearing. We also conclude the circuit court properly exercised its sentencing discretion and correctly rejected Stevenson’s motion for sentence modification. Consequently, we affirm.

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